than_o the_o fowl_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o kind_n 2._o in_o respect_n of_o gift_n above_o they_o natural_a supernatural_a 3._o in_o respect_n of_o his_o rule_n and_o sovereignty_n over_o they_o 4._o in_o respect_n of_o his_o use_n and_o end_n above_o they_o dr_n th._n taylor_n serm._n on_o mat._n 6.26_o moses_n his_o face_n do_v shine_v in_o his_o fast_a day_n and_o daniel_n and_o the_o three_o child_n have_v live_v ten_o day_n upon_o pulse_n and_o water_n appear_v fair_a in_o their_o countenance_n and_o fat_a in_o flesh_n than_o all_o the_o child_n which_o do_v eat_v the_o portion_n of_o the_o king_n meat_n dan._n 1.15_o beside_o god_n will_v help_v his_o people_n in_o their_o great_a extremity_n as_o he_o do_v the_o son_n of_o jacob_n when_o they_o gaze_v one_o upon_o another_o god_n will_v either_o supply_v his_o people_n want_n or_o take_v they_o away_o before_o the_o sharpness_n of_o extremity_n come_v it_o be_v rare_a to_o see_v the_o godly_a fall_n into_o those_o pinch_a 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whether_o we_o consider_v his_o nature_n his_o essential_a property_n or_o his_o will._n in_o regard_n of_o they_o all_o he_o be_v sempèr_n idem_fw-la always_o the_o same_o his_o be_v be_v and_o will_v be_v be_v all_o one_o he_o be_v the_o same_o at_o this_o present_a that_o he_o be_v at_o the_o beginning_n and_o will_v be_v the_o same_o for_o ever_o that_o he_o be_v at_o this_o instant_n and_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o for_o be_v a_o simple_a entire_a essence_n void_a of_o all_o mixture_n and_o composition_n he_o be_v free_a from_o those_o quality_n that_o accompany_v compound_v body_n viz._n generation_n corruption_n augmencation_n diminution_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o alteration_n and_o for_o the_o immutability_n of_o his_o will_n he_o tell_v we_o aug._n transibunt_fw-la coeli_fw-la i._n e._n in_o melius_fw-la mutabuntur_fw-la hieron_n in_o psal_n 102._o et_fw-la erunt_fw-la caeli_fw-la novi_fw-la nòn_n substantiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la quâ—litacibus_fw-la renovati_fw-la aug._n that_o as_o he_o have_v purpose_v it_o shall_v stand_v and_o as_o he_o have_v consult_v it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v jer._n 14.24_o and_o our_o saviour_n say_v till_o heaven_n and_o earth_n pass_v away_o one_o jot_n and_o tittle_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_a pass_n from_o the_o law_n till_o all_o be_v fullfil_v matth._n 5.18_o whereby_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v not_o mean_a that_o either_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v one_o day_n be_v destroy_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o substance_n by_o fire_n any_o more_o than_o they_o be_v by_o water_n 2_o pet._n 3.6_o rom._n 8.21_o nor_o yet_o then_o when_o they_o be_v change_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o quality_n when_o there_o shall_v be_v new_a heaven_n and_o new_a earth_n wherein_o dwell_v righteousness_n that_o be_v i_o suppose_v when_o god_n shall_v alter_v and_o change_v the_o state_n of_o his_o church_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v to_o dwell_v in_o a_o new_a world_n that_o then_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o dissolution_n or_o alteration_n 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notwithstanding_o be_v signify_v spiritual_a and_o eternal_a yet_o no_o alteration_n in_o god_n but_o he_o deal_v like_o a_o wise_a father_n who_o use_v one_o manner_n of_o discipline_n to_o his_o child_n be_v young_a and_o tender_a and_o another_o manner_n of_o carriage_n be_v grow_v up_o yet_o his_o love_n and_o mind_n be_v still_o one_o and_o the_o same_o towards_o they_o sect._n 2._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n all_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v by_o a_o immutable_a necessity_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o second_o cause_n some_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v necessary_o other_o contingent_o that_o be_v necessary_a that_o must_v be_v thus_o and_o thus_o and_o can_v be_v otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v that_o which_o be_v contingent_a be_v that_o which_o before_o it_o be_v do_v may_v be_v do_v or_o not_o be_v do_v or_o at_o least_o after_o this_o or_o that_o manner_n necessity_n be_v either_o from_o a_o internal_a principle_n and_o the_o nature_n and_o form_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o the_o sun_n necessary_o shine_v the_o fire_n necessary_o burn_v every_o live_a creature_n die_v and_o be_v dissolve_v a_o man_n be_v a_o reasonable_a creature_n and_o a_o man_n not_o regenerate_v sin_v for_o this_o he_o have_v from_o nature_n deprave_a and_o corrupt_v or_o else_o necessity_n be_v from_o some_o external_a 5._o necessitas_fw-la est_fw-la modus_fw-la agendi_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la verron_n physic_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o inevitable_a impulsive_a cause_n as_o the_o elect_n can_v perish_v but_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o in_o themselves_o but_o in_o god_n purpose_n which_o appoint_v christ_n to_o be_v their_o saviour_n so_o christ_n be_v necessary_o to_o die_v at_o the_o age_n he_o die_v not_o by_o necessity_n of_o nature_n for_o he_o may_v have_v live_v many_o year_n long_o but_o by_o necessity_n of_o god_n decree_n yea_o and_o also_o that_o he_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n he_o do_v die_v sometime_o
may_v be_v harmless_a argum._n 6_o the_o last_o argument_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o fragility_n and_o mutability_n of_o all_o outward_a thing_n if_o we_o read_v sacred_a and_o profane_a story_n we_o shall_v see_v the_o truth_n hereof_o abundant_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o lofty_a prince_n will_v mount_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o set_v his_o throne_n among_o the_o star_n and_o god_n tumble_v he_o down_o make_v he_o to_o eat_v grass_n with_o the_o ox_n 35._o dan_n 4_o 34_o 35._o and_o for_o divers_a year_n to_o lead_v a_o life_n in_o bruitishness_n and_o when_o his_o understanding_n and_o dignity_n be_v restore_v to_o he_o he_o acknowledge_v god_n providence_n and_o his_o sovereignty_n over_o he_o belshazzar_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o great_a feast_n and_o jollity_n hear_v the_o great_a clock_n strike_v his_o hour_n and_o see_v a_o man_n hand_n in_o the_o wall_n draw_v a_o dreadful_a sentence_n against_o he_o caesar_n be_v massacre_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o valerian_n the_o roman_a emperor_n become_v a_o footstep_n for_o sapor_n king_n of_o persia_n to_o mount_v on_o horseback_n the_o proud_a bajazet_n be_v carry_v about_o in_o a_o cage_n by_o tamerlane_n 299_o munst_n cosm_n in_o germ._n p._n 299_o we_o read_v likewise_o of_o henry_n the_o four_o emperor_n of_o germany_n a_o valiant_a prince_n that_o after_o victory_n get_v by_o he_o in_o fifty_o two_o pitch_a battle_n he_o be_v depose_v in_o his_o old_a age_n and_o bring_v to_o that_o necessity_n that_o he_o make_v suit_n to_o be_v a_o prebendary_a in_o the_o church_n of_o spire_n which_o he_o have_v build_v which_o be_v deny_v he_o whereupon_o it_o be_v say_v he_o break_v forth_o into_o those_o word_n of_o lament_a job_n have_v pity_n upon_o i_o o_o my_o friend_n for_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v touch_v i_o and_o procopius_n tell_v we_o of_o geliver_v prince_n of_o the_o vandal_n bring_v to_o that_o misery_n gothico_n prâ—cop_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gothico_n that_o 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provident_a providence_n be_v god_n wise_a perpetual_a and_o unchangeable_a dispose_n and_o govern_v of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o well_o in_o the_o heaven_n as_o in_o the_o earth_n and_o not_o only_o those_o thing_n that_o concern_v man_n but_o also_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v put_v below_o he_o as_o god_n make_v all_o thing_n wonderful_o at_o the_o first_o so_o with_o no_o less_o admiration_n do_v he_o govern_v sustain_v and_o take_v the_o care_n of_o they_o even_o to_o this_o day_n my_o father_n work_v hitherto_o etc._n etc._n the_o eye_n of_o all_o wait_n upon_o thou_o or_o look_v unto_o thou_o say_v the_o psalmist_n and_o thou_o give_v they_o their_o meat_n in_o due_a season_n thou_o open_v thy_o hand_n and_o satisfie_v the_o desire_n of_o every_o live_a thing_n psal_n 145.15_o 16._o it_o be_v a_o most_o absurd_a thing_n provide_v theod._n in_o 10._o serm._n de_fw-fr prov._n providentia_fw-la est_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la &_o immutabile_fw-la 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resurrection_n or_o of_o his_o twofold_a estate_n viz._n of_o humiliation_n on_o earth_n and_o glorification_n in_o heaven_n prophet_n doroth._n episco_n tyr._n in_o vit_fw-mi osâ—_n prophet_n as_o dorotheus_n a_o old_a bishop_n of_o tyrus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o his_o epitome_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o this_o prophet_n tell_v we_o so_o likewise_o bernard_n appli_v this_o place_n of_o this_o prophet_n to_o christ_n and_o his_o member_n affirm_v that_o as_o he_o have_v so_o they_o must_v have_v their_o three_o several_a day_n christ_n bern._n serm._n in_o resur_n christ_n 1._o the_o first_o be_v dies_fw-la crucis_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la the_o day_n of_o his_o cross_n in_o the_o world_n 2._o the_o second_o dies_z quietis_fw-la in_o sepulchro_fw-la his_o rest_a day_n in_o the_o grave_n 3._o the_o three_o dies_z gloriae_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la the_o day_n of_o his_o glory_n in_o heaven_n or_o to_o put_v the_o two_o day_n together_o 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